Mapping Day Uganda is a fast growing project which organises mapping events, implements local trainings, generates map awareness, actively pledges open data sets and builds a network of enthusiastic mappers in Uganda.

All activities are set up around the global OpenStreetMap (OSM) project. OSM is a map and database whereby the stored geographic data is owned by the whole world allowing everyone to view, create and use this information such as street maps for free.

Recent Activities

Fruits of Thought , and Mountbatten are organising six Three-day introduction trainings in 'Mapping for climate change mitigation', in Kampala. This training is primarily for decision makers, climate change and GIS professionals, as well as selected organisations and people interested in climate change mitigation. The goal is

This happened for 4 days, cupped with a mapping day event together with the Survey Students. The training week involved activities which gave an introduction to OpenStreetMap, how to contribute data using the various tools, and